Manipur BMVSS team to help people disabled by conflict, othersA team from Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) is conducting fitment camps in Manipur to aid Persons with Disabilities, inclu...
05 Sep, 2024, 08.48 AM IST
UP govt gave one-time pension to 10.68 lakh 'divyang' during lockdown: Yogi AdityanathAddressing the seventh convocation ceremony of the university, Adityanath said, "We all are indebted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who ca...
14 Dec, 2020, 04.32 PM IST
Nations hail Jaipur Foot contribution at UNFounder and Chief Patron of BMVSS Devendra Raj Mehta said Jaipur Foot is the "epitome of frugal" or Gandhian engineering, which involves do...
16 May, 2018, 01.55 PM IST
Railways replaces 'viklang' with 'divyang' in concession formsThe terms "blind", "deaf and dumb" and "physically challenged" will also be replaced with less derogatory alternatives.
27 Jan, 2018, 12.45 PM IST
UP minister insults 'divyang' staff, video goes viral"You have kept a differently-abled man on contract. What will he do? This is the reason behind lack of hygiene here," Pachauri can be heard...
20 Apr, 2017, 07.01 PM IST
Arunachal govt to raise pension for differently abledVoicing regret over concerned government department's failure to fully implement the 5 per cent job quota for the disabled, the Chief Minis...
22 Feb, 2017, 01.12 PM IST
Department of Empowerment of Disability Affairs to incorporate the word ‘Divyang’ in Hindi and English namesOn December 3, at the launch of Accessible India, PM had suggested the same, prompting PMO and Ministry of Social Justice to begin consulta...
22 Oct, 2016, 08.35 PM IST
Government considering 'manufacturing centres' for rehabilitation of the disabledThe Ministry is considering setting up design and manufacturing centres in the country for the disabled, a statement quoting Ashutosh Sharm...
09 Feb, 2016, 03.30 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi suggests use of 'divyang' for persons with disability in his 'Mann ki Baat'The Department of Disability Affairs has already had two meetings on this with experts since the PM spoke about it first.
28 Dec, 2015, 10.24 AM IST
'Sugamya Bharat': Arun Jaitley launches Modi government's Accessible India initiativeThe BJP government on Thursday unveiled its next bigticket campaign, Accessible India, which aims to provide universal accessibility for al...
04 Dec, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
NHRC notice to UP over alleged beating of disabled peopleThe NHRC on Friday issued a notice to Uttar Pradesh authorities over the alleged beating up of disabled people by police at Bijnore collect...
31 Jul, 2015, 03.07 PM IST
Jaipur Foot patron D R Mehta to get Clairmont Lincoln Ahimsa award in USIn 1975, Mehta set up Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), a charitable organization based in Jaipur that provides artificial ...
29 Sep, 2014, 06.48 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauds NGO's project to provide artificial limbs to Kashmiris"I do hope that this will also be a step to enable you to hereafter live a life of greater dignity, both in your family and society at larg...
29 Aug, 2014, 03.49 PM IST
Camp to provide aid to Jammu and Kashmir residents with disabilitiesA special camp to provide mobility aid to 1,300 physically challenged people from Jammu and Kashmir will be organised here on Thursday.
24 Aug, 2014, 01.31 PM IST
Jaipur Foot to provide artificial limbs to 1,000 AfghansThe MoU was signed in Kabul between the Afghan Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled and BMVSS to provide artificial lim...
19 May, 2014, 06.03 PM IST
- PIL seeks FIR to probe allegations against Salman Khurshid's trust
A PIL was filed in the Allahabad Hight Court seeking filing of an FIR in the wake of allegations of misappropriation of funds by a trust ru...
15 Oct, 2012, 05.11 PM IST
- Shut units can terminate staff: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the termination of services on account of closing down of a unit or undertaking which has no functi...
15 Aug, 2007, 03.36 AM IST